In advance of the 2015 Annual Meeting, we invited SNAP members to contribute summaries of panels, roundtable and section meetings, forums, and pop-up sessions. Summaries represent the opinions of their individual authors; they are not necessarily endorsed by SNAP, members of the SNAP Steering Committee, or SAA.
Guest Author: Michael Barera, Archivist at Texas A&M University-Commerce
This session consisted of a number of lightning sessions on assessing and auditing in an archival context.
The first lightning talk was “SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standard Holdings Counts and Measures”, by Katy Rawdon of Temple University. Rawdon began by noting that the task force is assembled by SAA and ACRL’s RBMS, and that there is also a partner task force that exists, as well as a third joint task force. She then briefly showed a slide demonstrating the task force’s extensive and diverse membership. According to her, the task force is focused on assessment and standardization, developing guidelines such as metrics, definitions, and best practices. Work so far has included 17 meetings (mostly by phone), completing a self-assessment of counting practices and reasons for counting, and a posted call for survey instruments. The final product will consist of guidelines, definitions, a tiered approach (minimum, optimum, and added value), and possibly tools for assisting with counting. Further resources include an open-to-the-public meeting held the next day during the Annual Meeting, as well as the RBMS journal and the task force’s microsite. Continue reading
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